singlet
singlet Lexical Profile
singlet Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A sleeveless garment worn under or instead of a shirt, or a tight-fitting one-piece garment worn by athletes in sports such as wrestling, weightlifting, and track and field.
"The runner adjusted his team singlet before stepping up to the starting line."
In quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, a quantum state of a system with a total spin quantum number of zero, resulting in a single spectral line that does not split in a magnetic field.
"In the ground state, the two paired electrons occupy a stable singlet configuration."
In optics, a simple lens consisting of a single optical element, or in gemology, an assembled imitation gem made from a single piece of glass or stone.
"A simple singlet lens often suffers from chromatic aberration unless paired with a second corrective element."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 18th century from 'single' plus the suffix '-et', modeled on 'doublet' to denote a lighter, unlined garment as opposed to a lined or quilted doublet.